Diamedica Draw-over Vaporiser: bench testing the UK Defence Anaesthesia System in the deployed environment
Sebastian Bourn,
O Rylah,
T Fishenden
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionThe Diamedica Draw-over Vaporiser 2 (DDV2) is the sevoflurane vaporiser used by the UK Defence Medical Services to provide deployed volatile general anaesthesia. The Defence Anaesthesia System employs the DDV2 with a turbine-driven ventilator as a ‘push-over’ vaporiser, a modification from the manufacturer’s design. We investigated sevoflurane delivery at varying minute volumes (MVs), vaporiser settings and temperatures in this configuration.MethodsA range of DDV2 settings (1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and induc… Show more
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